Zisco investor to up production

Published: 14 February 2018

Production at Zisco is set be twice what used to be produced when it reopens soon, Kwekwe town clerk Mr Emmanuel Musara has said.

Briefing the Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs Owen Ncube on his official visit to Kwekwe City Council on Monday, Mr Musara said the new Chinese investor expected to revive the steel plant had hinted that production at Zisco would be massive and that a bigger water treatment plant would be needed.

He said the new investor had since toured Kwekwe's water treatment plant and planned to expand it. Kwekwe used to supply water to Zisco and was owed $15 million when the giant steel company closed shop due to viability challenges about nine years ago.

Government has since quoted a new investor to revive the giant steel company which used to be one of the biggest steel works in Africa. - The Herald